AUSTRALIA VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	67,468	1	21,548	+ 45,920
Hypertension	2	60,548	23	1,631	+ 58,917
Stroke	3	25,024	3	10,331	+ 14,693
Lung Cancers	4	14,736	4	8,769	+ 5,967
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	11,815	6	6,209	+ 5,606
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,820	8	4,446	+ 3,374
Liver Disease	7	7,365	26	1,421	+ 5,944
Prostate Cancer	8	6,693	9	3,766	+ 2,926
Stomach Cancer	9	6,498	27	1,288	+ 5,210
Pancreas Cancer	10	6,019	13	3,118	+ 2,901
Breast Cancer	11	5,828	10	3,405	+ 2,423
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	5,144	2	15,588	- 10,444
Lung Disease	13	5,129	5	8,487	- 3,358
Inflammatory/Heart	14	4,866	24	1,571	+ 3,295
Lymphomas	15	4,774	15	3,039	+ 1,735
Suicide	16	4,426	11	3,150	+ 1,277
Kidney Disease	17	3,956	12	3,139	+ 817
Alcohol	18	3,327	37	380	+ 2,947
Diabetes Mellitus	19	3,275	7	4,471	- 1,196
Other Injuries	20	3,167	22	1,642	+ 1,524
Bladder Cancer	21	2,820	30	1,187	+ 1,633
Leukemia	22	2,817	18	2,126	+ 690
Other Neoplasms	23	2,766	28	1,252	+ 1,513
Falls	24	2,659	14	3,116	- 457
Oral Cancer	25	2,476	32	972	+ 1,504
Liver Cancer	26	2,404	20	2,036	+ 368
Oesophagus Cancer	27	2,209	25	1,494	+ 715
Ovary Cancer	28	1,955	31	1,003	+ 953
Parkinson's Disease	29	1,838	19	2,036	- 198
Skin Cancers	30	1,769	17	2,319	- 550
Drug Use	31	1,682	21	1,783	- 101
Cervical Cancer	32	1,515	39	342	+ 1,173
Endocrine Disorders	33	1,478	16	2,328	- 850
Uterin Cancer	34	1,348	35	524	+ 824
Road Traffic Accidents	35	1,327	29	1,245	+ 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	1,234	42	276	+ 958
Epilepsy	37	998	41	285	+ 713
Fires	38	917	55	55	+ 862
HIV/AIDS	39	903	57	50	+ 853
Drownings	40	672	47	177	+ 495
Skin Disease	41	639	34	594	+ 45
Violence	42	639	44	243	+ 396
Congenital Anomalies	43	561	33	711	- 149
Asthma	44	540	36	455	+ 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	483	38	379	+ 104
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	386	45	229	+ 157
Tuberculosis	47	369	56	53	+ 316
Multiple Sclerosis	48	364	46	188	+ 177
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	272	53	71	+ 201
Osteoarthritis	50	228	52	114	+ 114
Anemia	51	205	49	157	+ 48
Poisonings	52	187	61	35	+ 152
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	185	40	296	- 110
Meningitis	54	166	60	37	+ 129
Low Birth Weight	55	152	43	248	- 96
Schizophrenia	56	137	54	64	+ 73
Birth Trauma	57	112	50	140	- 28
Hepatitis C	58	91	48	173	- 82
Appendicitis	59	45	62	26	+ 19
Oral conditions	60	45	59	40	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	61	26	63	20	+ 6
Syphilis	62	22	67	3	+ 20
Encephalitis	63	4	68	3	+ 2
War	64	3	65	8	- 5
Hepatitis B	65	0	58	41	- 41
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	17	- 17
Otitis Media	67	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	51	117	- 117
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	82	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Estonia

Australia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.